3 Boxes of BS

So far the responses have been mixed. Heard from a few folks (mostly people I missed in the email) and have a few confirmations.

Paul K and guest

The Redneck Engineer, Joanna and 5 to 10 guests

Nick the Blogless

DanielS – Among the Leaves

William Brown – Where there’s a William   and guest Mike; offered to bring bottled water and iced tea.

Greg Tag and guest — Watermelon or Potato Salad.

Cormac and possibly “a handful of people”

Daddy Hawk, his Queen and M&M –  and possibly a friend or two – Tentative willing to bring either Mac & Cheese or Chili

 Southern Belle & KX59 with 3 Kids in Tow

John Dickson and Son — bringing “Hot Corn Casserole”

OrbitUp and Mrs from Subject To Change

And that is the blogging side of the invitation list — 20 confirmed
On the family/friends side; I have Son Troy and his wife Ash (3 kids non-shooters), Daughter Carolyn, Rich and his daughter, Julie & Bradly (2 kids), Randy & Carol, Samantha & Jason, Cliff & Gretchen (2 kids, possibly shooting) Lindsey & boyfriend, Bill, Scott, Ann & Don, Paul & Aliya and 2 others, Kelli& Alan (1 kid possibly shooting), Raquel, Vanessa & Rebekah, Jason & Patty = 34 39
(bold indicates owns firearms and will bring them)

From the Board of Directors/Club
I have Matt & Sandi (possibly), Byron, Frank, Gary, Jack — another 6.

So that is 65 people by my count confirmed and another 10-15 or more possible. Everyone is welcome but please let me know as soon as possible so we can coordinate food.

Please spread the word about the blog shoot; it is open to all bloggers, readers, commentators, etc. I just have to know who is coming to provide directions.

So am I missing anyone from the list?

Found this at The Broken Patriot; definitely worth a few minutes of your time to watch.

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Law Enforcement Officers switched (for the most part) from revolvers and single stack magazine firearms to double stack magazines for a reason; shouldn’t We, the People, be afforded that same reasoning?

Found out that Orbitup from Subject to Change is a local Dallas Area Blogger.

He has some great videos up from a recent shoot – the Texas Gun Talk shoot.

Of course, as soon as I found out, I invited him to attend the Memorial Day Dallas Area Blog Shoot III.

If there are any other bloggers who want to attend, please let me know. If you know of any local bloggers who haven’t been invited; please let me know. Guest list is growing quiet large but the party should be worth it.

Getting down to about 6 weeks or so before the big event. As the recent need to renew my Concealed Handgun License proves, it is going by fast.

Stock up and get ready for a great time folks.

Hsoi, from Stuff From Hsoi has a good post up with an interesting take on magazine capacity.

Why do you think police would want more ammo?Of course, because they might be caught in a prolonged gun battle. But also because having to reload less allows them to end attacks quickly.

Why would this be any different for private citizens?

Or for gun-banning politicians and their well-armed bodyguards…..

Here’s the rub. If you look at most mass shooting incidents, they are not 3-second affairs. The killer has many guns, and a lot of time. They are slow, methodical, often speak to their victims before shooting them. They have all the time in the world to reek their mayhem and destruction upon the world. Lowering capacity will not stop or dissuade them in any regard.

So why do it?

That is just a snippet of the post; worth the time to read it, I assure you.

I think this tactic needs to be done carefully but I think it is going to throw the antis off their game.

Sean Sorrentino crashed a Mayor’s Against Obeying the Law Illegal guns press conference

Sorrentino said he believes much of the proposed federal legislation just hurts law-abiding citizens and that there is a lot of detail that people haven’t considered.

For example, he said, it would be illegal for him to loan a gun to a friend to practice shooting – a felony crime that could land him in federal prison for five years.

“If you can’t be trusted with a firearm, you can’t be trusted without a custodian,” Sorrentino said. “If I can’t hand you a firearm and feel safe, then maybe we ought to consider putting you in a place where you can be taken care of.”

I’m particularly proud of dropping David Codrea’s custodian line on them.

And in Indianapolis a group showed up and disrupted the National Day to Demand We Appear to do Something presser.

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Keep up the good work folks. We need to make them react to us instead of us always trying to play catch up.

Audio isn’t the greatest and be ready to turn down the volume at the end.

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Does he say anything new? No.
Does he say anything most of us don’t already know? No.

But he speaks up anyways.
He speaks up and lets the politicians know where he stands. And in the process he shows we aren’t alone. Some people might think they have nothing new to say or that they can’t speak well in public but I think they are missing an important point.

We need to show the politicians and the anti-rights cultists just how many people stand against their goals of disarming America.

It doesn’t matter if one or a thousand people have said it before; say it again.
It doesn’t matter if you stumble over the words; say it anyways.It doesn’t matter if you get a form letter back in response; write the email anyways.

It is important that we show what we truly know; that the majority of America does not want another empty “gun control” law. That we want meaningful action on controlling crime not inanimate objects.

There are millions and millions of us; the politicians and the anti right cultists need to know they’ve woken the sleeping giant. Let your voice be heard before it is too late.

(Hat Tip to Grouchy Old Cripple)

Linoge at Walls of the City blog is running his Honored American Veterans Afield Fundraiser.He sends this update via email:

So the HAVA fundraiser I am running is coming to a close in about two weeks, and I have come to terms with not beating last year’s performance with the Soldiers’ Angels fundraiser, but I would like to be able to put up the new prize packages ( http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2013/03/hava-update.html ) by getting the funds donated over $1500.